Garbage-can.



Patented May 10, 1904.

UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH METZ, OF ATLANTIO CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- I-IALF TO iVlLLl'AM LOWRY, JR, OF ATLANTIC CITY, NETV JERSEY.

GARBAGE-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,821, dated May 10, 1904.

Application filed September 19, 1903. Serial No. 173,795. (No model.)

To all LU/7,07. it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH ME'IZ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Atlantic City, in the county of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Garbage-Can, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in cans for holding garbage, an object being to provide a can for this purpose with a practically air-tight cover and having means for disinfecting the interior of the can and also the space between the cover members,whereby gern'is will be effectually destroyed and odors will be prevented from escaping.

I will describe a garbage-can embodying my invention and then point out the novel fea tures in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a garbagecan embodying my invention, the members thereon being partially separated. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is a section on the line r of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the body of the can, consisting of any suitable metal, and the cover therefor comprises an outer or upper member 2 and an inner or lower member 3, these members being secured together by a rod 4 at the center. The upper member 2 has an annular flange 5 for engaging upon the upper edge of the can and a downwardly-extended annular flange 6 for engaging against the inner surface of the canbody. The inner member 3 of the cover is of a size to iit snugly within the can-body, and preferably it will be provided with a peripheral downwardly-extended flange 7. Secured to the member 3 of the cover and then spaced between said member and the upper member are holders 8 9 for a disinfectant. The said holders are substantially in the form of cups or cans, and one of them-that is, the holder 8 has an opening in its top, and from this opening a tube 10 extends downward nearly to the bottom. The holder 9 is closed at its top, and arranged in this holder 9 is a tube 11, which communicates with an opening through the cover 3. At the side each holder has an opening through which the disinfectant may be inserted, and these openings are closed by screw-caps 12. It will be seen that when the cover is in position the fumes from the disinfectant in the holder 9 will pass into the body of the can and the fumes from the disinfectant in the holder 8 will pass into the chamber or space between the cover members, thus effectually killing or destroying any germs that may possibly pass into said space.

The cover is provided with a suitable handle 13,which may be attached to an outwardlyextended portion of the rod 4;, and the body of the can is provided with a suitable handle or handles. I have here indicated side handles 14.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A garbage-can comprising a body portion, a cover therefor consisting of two spaced members, and disinfectant-holders attached to the cover, one of said holders being arranged to discharge into the body of the can and the other to discharge into the space between the cover members.

2. A garbage-can comprising a body portion, a cover consisting of two spaced members secured together at the center, a disinfectant-holder secured to the inner member of the cover, a tube in said holder for discharging the fumes of the disinfectant into the space between the cover members, another disinfectant-holder secured to said lower or inner member of the cover, and atube in said other holder for directing fumes of disinfectant into the body of the can.

3. A garbage-can comprising a body portion, a cover comprising an upper or outer member having an annular flange for engaging upon the upper edge and against the in ner side of the can-body, the inner member having a peripheral annular flange for engaging against the inner surface of the canbody, a rod connecting said two members of the cover, and disinfectant-holders arranged in the space between the two cover members.

4. A garbage-can comprising a body portion, a cover therefor consisting of inner and outer members spaced apart, a disinfectantholder secured to the inner member of the 5 cover and having an inlet for disinfectant, a screw cap or cover for said inlet, the said holder being arranged to discharge fumes or disinfectant into the space between the cover members, another disinfectant-holder having IO an inlet, a screw cap or cover for said inlet,

and a tube for directing disinfectant from said i other holder into the body of the can.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RUDOLPH METZ.

lV'itnesses ANNIE E. KENNARD, HENRY C. NORMAN. 

